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Apple et al and corporation tax

There is a very simple solution to the problem faced by governments trying to collect corporation tax from multinational companies operating on their territories. Replace the current method of calculating corporate tax with a new one. Corporate tax will now … Continue reading

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The delusional illusion of internet privacy…

I have had a good read of the latest Snowden revelations on the Guardian website. This one covers the extent to which the NSA and GCHQ are able to decrypt our ‘private’ internet activities. You know, things like email, shopping … Continue reading

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Fix the organisation first

“Yes, of course Mr Blenkinsop, our ACME-fab development environment will solve all your problems. Simple install the software package and then you can produce business apps for all your target platforms, in record time and roll them out with ease…” … Continue reading

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iPad (with or without wings)

Well I have just seen and touched my first one, caressed its brushed aluminium back and watched its icons vibrate orgasmically on its glistening screen. What do I think of it, you might wonder. My carefully considered opinion is that … Continue reading

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New Look Gmail still sucks

Just did another of my periodic “New Look Gmail sucks” searches and came up against this interesting post on the techeye.net website. It is interesting because it looks at the issue of New Look Gmail now that the option to … Continue reading

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New Google lock-in for Linux users

If you want to use a linux computer to watch Flash video content AND you want to avoid Google’s vertical lock-in, then this is about to get a little more difficult. Versions of the Flash plug-in after version 11.2 will … Continue reading

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RIP Scroogle

Scroogle, the King of Anonymous Googling, is dead. Long live DuckDuckGo.

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“Three departments participated in the writing of this message”

Here is a screen shot of the message I got after I upgraded Firefox to v3.6.24 a couple of days ago. This is latest version that runs on this computer and I cannot upgrade to a higher version. This is … Continue reading

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You’re all bitching about something you choose and don’t pay for?

I’ve been trawling the Gmail help forums recently in the vain hope of a sign that Google will not force us all to use “New Look Gmail.” One poster (38manny) made the the following point in a thread about New … Continue reading

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Gbook or FaceMail?

Why does everything have to look like everything else? If I wanted to use Facebook, then I’d register for Facebook. Now I don’t have to, as the “New Look” Gmail conversation view now looks like Facebook (and Linkedin and Skype … Continue reading

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